Comments for The Internet Cynic.com http://theinternetcynic.com Have a chuckle, or ponder deeply, some of the more (in)significant meanings of Internet life Fri, 16 May 2008 05:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on I’m Drowning in Junk Mail! by Doug http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-17 Doug Mon, 12 May 2008 22:13:44 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-17 Thanks man! Thanks man!

]]> Comment on I’m Drowning in Junk Mail! by Too Cynical http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-16 Too Cynical Mon, 12 May 2008 00:46:18 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-16 Hey Doug... I hear your pain!!! Here's some pointers to help you stop pulling your hair out... <B>Golden Rule #1</B> - NEVER reveal your main ISP or web server login email address to ANYONE! Never use it as an email address! It is for logging in only. Instead, set up MULTIPLE additional email accounts and/or aliases/forwarders for different purposes. Whenever any of these start to get overloaded with spam, kill em! End of problem. <B>Golden Rule #2</B> - NEVER click on a link in an email for PayPal, eBay, your Bank, or for ANY other service which you have an online account with. Whenever possible, ALWAYS go direct to their home page in your browser (type it in yourself) and then login from there! <B>Golden Rule #3</B> - If you have registered domain names, use a shielded whois service (if available) to HIDE the email alias used with that domain name, otherwise you'll get spam mail from that source. <B>Golden Rule #4</B> - DON'T waste your time trying to track these guys down to "fix" the problem. You won't be able to. Get on with your life :) Cheers Stephen Hey Doug… I hear your pain!!!

Here’s some pointers to help you stop pulling your hair out…

Golden Rule #1 - NEVER reveal your main ISP or web server login email address to ANYONE! Never use it as an email address! It is for logging in only.

Instead, set up MULTIPLE additional email accounts and/or aliases/forwarders for different purposes.

Whenever any of these start to get overloaded with spam, kill em! End of problem.

Golden Rule #2 - NEVER click on a link in an email for PayPal, eBay, your Bank, or for ANY other service which you have an online account with.

Whenever possible, ALWAYS go direct to their home page in your browser (type it in yourself) and then login from there!

Golden Rule #3 - If you have registered domain names, use a shielded whois service (if available) to HIDE the email alias used with that domain name, otherwise you’ll get spam mail from that source.

Golden Rule #4 - DON’T waste your time trying to track these guys down to “fix” the problem. You won’t be able to. Get on with your life :)

Cheers
Stephen

]]> Comment on I’m Drowning in Junk Mail! by Doug http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-15 Doug Sun, 11 May 2008 20:37:49 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-15 I'm pretty new to the internet, but I'm also drowning in this crap. Who exactly are these scum, these vermin who spew this garbage into my email box everyday? Why don't they come out and show their filthy face or let me meet them in a dark alley somewhere? They waste precious hours of my life that I have to spend deleting their unwanted fecal matter. I thought I had the answer with fake bouncing, but now I just found out that that just exacerbates the problem. What the hell can I do? I want to scream in their face. I am not really savvy about all this, but this is my understanding: I work very hard at a job all day, busting my butt to make a hard earned buck. But it seems their are a few lazy ass, subhumans out there, who's one desire in life is to push a few keys on their keyboard, and then magically, my hard earned cash is going to leave my wallet and be transfered into their bank account to purchase the useless junk they are peddling? Did I get it right? I'm sorry that their are a few idiots out in cyberspace who are STUPID enough to open these spams and actually buy this crap, but I'm not one of them!!! if these filthy spammers want money, why don't they go out and get a real job and break their back everyday to earn it as I do? Lowlifes. Vermin. Leaches. Cockroaches and flies. And those are just my nicest words to describe them. if there is ANYBODY out there who has a way to fight these pinheads please, please PLEASE tell me, before I lose my frickin mind. I’m pretty new to the internet, but I’m also drowning in this crap. Who exactly are these scum, these vermin who spew this garbage into my email box everyday? Why don’t they come out and show their filthy face or let me meet them in a dark alley somewhere?

They waste precious hours of my life that I have to spend deleting their unwanted fecal matter.

I thought I had the answer with fake bouncing, but now I just found out that that just exacerbates the problem.

What the hell can I do? I want to scream in their face.

I am not really savvy about all this, but this is my understanding: I work very hard at a job all day, busting my butt to make a hard earned buck. But it seems their are a few lazy ass, subhumans out there, who’s one desire in life is to push a few keys on their keyboard, and then magically, my hard earned cash is going to leave my wallet and be transfered into their bank account to purchase the useless junk they are peddling? Did I get it right?

I’m sorry that their are a few idiots out in cyberspace who are STUPID enough to open these spams and actually buy this crap, but I’m not one of them!!!

if these filthy spammers want money, why don’t they go out and get a real job and break their back everyday to earn it as I do?

Lowlifes. Vermin. Leaches. Cockroaches and flies. And those are just my nicest words to describe them.

if there is ANYBODY out there who has a way to fight these pinheads please, please PLEASE tell me, before I lose my frickin mind.

]]> Comment on Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam… by What’s Your Email Address Say About You? : Online Marketing Fundamentals http://theinternetcynic.com/general/spam-spam-spam-spam/#comment-14 What’s Your Email Address Say About You? : Online Marketing Fundamentals Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:51:35 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/general/spam-spam-spam-spam/#comment-14 [...] a couple of recent posts I made on the spam issue:lots of EXTRA hints for dealing with spam and a report on the spam I got over Christmas/New Year [...] […] a couple of recent posts I made on the spam issue:lots of EXTRA hints for dealing with spam and a report on the spam I got over Christmas/New Year […]

]]> Comment on Curseware… Sorry. Spyware! by Techie http://theinternetcynic.com/general/curseware-sorry-spyware/#comment-13 Techie Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:21:11 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/general/curseware-sorry-spyware/#comment-13 I love your site and intend to visit often. Thanks I love your site and intend to visit often. Thanks

]]> Comment on Next Internet Disaster? by Avoid Becoming The Next Internet Disaster! : Online Marketing Fundamentals http://theinternetcynic.com/internet-marketing/next-internet-disaster/#comment-12 Avoid Becoming The Next Internet Disaster! : Online Marketing Fundamentals Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:28:34 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/internet-marketing/next-internet-disaster/#comment-12 [...] Stuart had a bit of a disaster shortly after his affiliates started promoting his new report (read about it here). Thankfully he recovered from it quickly! It just goes to show that even the experts can stuff [...] […] Stuart had a bit of a disaster shortly after his affiliates started promoting his new report (read about it here). Thankfully he recovered from it quickly! It just goes to show that even the experts can stuff […]

]]> Comment on I’m Drowning in Junk Mail! by Too Cynical http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-11 Too Cynical Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:11:08 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-11 Eh? Whatever... Eh? Whatever…

]]> Comment on I’m Drowning in Junk Mail! by Spam Ass http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-10 Spam Ass Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:19:48 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/general/im-drowning-in-junk-mail/#comment-10 You are prejudice to the responses left here. I think Spam Assassin sucks. You are prejudice to the responses left here. I think Spam Assassin sucks.

]]> Comment on Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam… by Chris Ryan http://theinternetcynic.com/general/spam-spam-spam-spam/#comment-9 Chris Ryan Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:29:51 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/general/spam-spam-spam-spam/#comment-9 Hi I personally use a contact form on my site. All it says on the site is Contact Chris or something like that. I know that my web host warns me if I put my email address on the site because this way does lead to getting heaps of spam. I have never received any spam from my site and that’s great. If your web host does not give you forms for vistors who want to contact you then I suggest that you change web hosting programs. Regards Chris. Hi I personally use a contact form on my site.

All it says on the site is Contact Chris or
something like that.

I know that my web host warns me if I put my email address on the site because this way does lead to getting heaps of spam.

I have never received any spam from my site and that’s great.

If your web host does not give you forms for vistors who want to contact you then I suggest that you change web hosting programs.
Regards Chris.

]]> Comment on Next Internet Disaster? by Stu the Disaster Marketer http://theinternetcynic.com/internet-marketing/next-internet-disaster/#comment-8 Stu the Disaster Marketer Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:57:25 +0000 http://theinternetcynic.com/internet-marketing/next-internet-disaster/#comment-8 The part I love most is people are still wondering if it was a tricky marketing ploy or just a careless screw up on my part...there is only 1 person who will ever know... hehehe :) Stuart Stirling Web Marketer Publisher of <a href="http://nextinternetdisaster.com" rel="nofollow">Next Internet Disaster</a> The part I love most is people are still wondering if it was a tricky marketing ploy or just a careless screw up on my part…there is only 1 person who will ever know… hehehe :)

Stuart Stirling
Web Marketer
Publisher of Next Internet Disaster

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